Minneapolis ? Twins 10, Brewers 9

One phrase kept coming out of Lew Ford’s mouth as he watched Justin Morneau’s home run ball slam off the folded seats over the big baggie in right field.

“Thank you, Justin,” Ford said. “Thank you, thank you, thank you. You’re the man. … I think I was happiest guy in the building.”

Morneau capped a wild game with his third walk-off homer of the season to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-9, Sunday.

The blast by the reigning AL MVP bailed out Ford, whose two fielding miscues in the top of the inning allowed Milwaukee to tie the game off closer Joe Nathan (3-1).

Filling in for the injured Torii Hunter, who was hit by a pitch on the left hand in the first inning, Ford had a career-high four RBIs but nearly cost the Twins the game in the ninth.

Ford lost a sky-high popup from Prince Fielder in the Metrodome’s white roof, and the 262-pound Fielder rumbled around the bases for an inside-the-park homer to make the score 9-8.

“Everybody loses them,” said Hunter, a six-time Gold Glove winner. “If I was out there, I would have lost it, too.”

Fielder said it was his first inside-the-park homer since Little League.

Later in the inning, Ford double-clutched on a sacrifice fly from Craig Counsell, and Bill Hall scored easily to tie the game and give Nathan his second blown save of the season.

The Brewers trailed 9-2 after the Twins scored four runs in the fifth to chase Milwaukee starter Jeff Suppan. But Tony Graffanino hit a two-run homer in the sixth, and Corey Hart’s second long ball of the game – a two-run shot off Juan Rincon in Milwaukee’s three-run eighth – made the score 9-8.

The Twins sent the normally unhittable Nathan to the mound in the ninth, but he gave up four hits in the inning before striking out Hart to give Morneau a chance.

“Holy cow,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “It doesn’t matter how you win ’em, they just win ’em.”

Indians 5, Braves 2

Cleveland – Fausto Carmona pitched seven-plus innings to help the Indians avoid a three-game sweep.

Casey Blake extended the majors’ longest hitting streak of the season to 26 games as Cleveland won for only the third time in eight games.

Nationals 4, Blue Jays 2

Toronto – Ryan Zimmerman homered for the second straight game for Washington, which overcame Frank Thomas’ record 244th homer as a designated hitter.

Diamondbacks 6, Orioles 4

Baltimore – Chad Tracy singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and Arizona capitalized on another poor performance by the Baltimore bullpen.

Rangers 11, Reds 4

Cincinnati – Kevin Millwood got his first victory in two months, and Marlon Byrd hit his first homer in nearly a year and drove in three runs for Texas.

Pirates 8, White Sox 7

Pittsburgh – Nate McLouth had a career-high four RBIs, and Jose Bautista homered and drove in two runs for the Pirates.

Tigers 7, Phillies 4

Philadelphia – Detroit scored five runs in the seventh to rally.

Astros 10, Mariners 3

Houston – Mike Lamb hit a grand slam and drove in five.

Red Sox 9, Giants 5

Boston – Barry Bonds added baseball’s oldest ballpark to his long-ball list on his way to the sport’s most hallowed record.

The San Francisco slugger hit his 748th career homer, adding Fenway Park, the Red Sox and knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to his totals.

Angels 10, Dodgers 4

Los Angeles – Howie Kendrick and Orlando Cabrera had three hits each.

Cardinals 10, Athletics 6

Oakland, Calif. – Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning and drove in a career-high five runs, leading St. Louis to its first interleague series win in four tries this season.

Devil Rays 7, Rockies 4

Denver – Jonny Gomes hit a pair of two-run homers, Carlos Pena hit a solo shot into the third deck at Coors Field, and Tampa Bay avoided a three-game sweep.

Yankees 8, Mets 2

New York – Alex Rodriguez hit his major-league-leading 27th homer, Chien-Ming Wang came within one out of a complete game, and the Yankees won the second Subway Series of the season.

National League

Padres 11, Cubs 3

Chicago – Mike Cameron hit two homers, and the Padres hit a season-high five in beating Chicago.